Perennials for Various use

Long-blooming perennials / Easy Perennials / Shade Perennials
Ground-cover perennials / Perennials for damp soils / Drought-tolerant perennials


Perennials for Shade
The following perennials prefer shade, or are shade-tolerant    
       
Scientific Name Common Name Prefers  Shade  Bloom Period
    Shade Tolerant  
Anemone japonica Japanese Anemone √ √ Aug-Sept
Anemone sylvestris Snowdrop Anemone √   May-June
Aquilegia Columbine   √ May-June
Aruncus Goat's Beart √   June-July
Astilbe Astilbe   √ June-July
Brunnera macrophylla Perennial Forget-me-not √   May-June
Carex Sedge √   grown for foliage
Chasmanthium Northern Sea Oats   √ June-November
Cimicifuga Bug Bane √   July-Sept
Deschampsia Tufted Hair Grass   √ June
Dicentra eximia Fringed Bleeding Heart   √ May-Oct
Dicentra spectabilis Old-fashioned Bleedint Hrt   √ May-June
Digitalis Foxglove   √ May-July
Epimedium Barrenwort √   April-May
Ferns Ferns √   grown for foliage
Gallium odoratum Sweet Woodruff √   white
Geranium maculatum Wild Geranium   √ May-June
Hakonechloa Japanese Hakone Grass √   grown for foliage
Helleborus hybrids Lenten Rose √   March-May
Heuchera Coralbells   √ May-July
Heucherella Foamy Bells   √ May-July
Hosta Hosta √   June-Aug
Kirengoshoma Wax Bells √   Aug-Sept
Lamium Dead Nettle   √ May-Sept
Lamiastrum Yellow Archangel   √ May-June
Ligularia Ligularia   √ July-Aug
Lobelia Cardinal Flower   √ July-Sept
Lysimachia Loosestrife   √ June-Aug
Persicaria Knotweed   √ Aug-Sept
Polemonium Jacob's Ladder   √ May-June
Primula Primrose √   April-June
Pulmonaira Lungwort √   April-May
Rodgersia Rodgersia √   June
Thalictrum Meadow Rue √   May, Aug
Tiarella Foam Flower √   April-Sept
Tradescantia Spiderwort   √ June-Sept
Tricyrtis Toad Lily √   Sept-Oct
Trollius Globe Flower   √ May-June
Viola Violet   √ May-June